This she did, and soon he was healed.
A few days later the old man was again taken sick. Again he told the woman what roots and leaves to gather. She did as she was told, and soon he was well.
Many times the old man fell sick. Each time he had a different sickness. Each time he told the woman what plants and herbs to find to cure him. Each time she remembered what she had been told.
Soon this woman of the Bear clan knew more about healing than all the other people.
One day, the old man told her that the Great Spirit had sent him to earth, to teach the Indian people the secrets of healing.
"I came, sick and hungry, to many a wigwam door. No blanket was drawn aside for me to pass in. You alone lifted the blanket from your wigwam door and bade me enter.
"You are of the Bear clan, therefore all other clans shall come to the Bear clan for help in sickness.
"You shall teach all the clans what plants, and roots, and leaves to gather, that the sick may be healed.
"And the Bear shall be the greatest and strongest of the clans."